WORCESTER -- During a visit to the Worcester Rotary Club’s Monthly meeting at Coral Seafood in Worcester, Lt. Gov. Tim Murray spoke about the progress being made between Massport and JetBlue Airways to bring the airline to the Worcester Regional Airport. Murray, along with Worcester City Manager Michael O'Brien and Massport officials, visited JetBlue's headquarters in Queens, N.Y., early this week to gauge the progress being made and came away from the meeting with good feeling about the possibility of a deal.

"We had a very good meeting. No announcements yet, but let me say this, JetBlue is the type of company that doesn't just kind of wing it when they make decisions," Murray told the crowd at the restaurant. "They do their due diligence, as any good company does."

While JetBlue still hasn't decided if it wants to pursue setting up flights in and out of Worcester, Murray said he hopes to announce something in the future.

Murray also clarified the work being done by Massport, which now owns the airport, at Worcester Regional Airport to enhance the airport's runway.

"Massport just voted to go ahead with the state of the art instrument landing system," said Murray. "It's called a CAT III -- Category III ILS, Instrument Landing System. It's a $35 million investment that will be made jointly between Massport and the [Federal Aviation Administration]."

According to Murray, the preliminary engineering has already been done for the new landing system, which, according to Murray, will allow planes at Worcester Airport to land in almost any condition.